Chilling photos show alleged Bondi Beach shooters ‘practising’ with guns before attack

It’s been a week since the tragic shooting near Bondi Beach, and disturbing new photos released by New South Wales police show the alleged shooters “training” in a field weeks before the attack occurred.

15 people were killed and at least 42 more were injured in the shooting on 14th December, which took place at Archer Park in Sydney on the first day of Hanukkah.

Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, have been named by police as the alleged shooters. Sajid was shot dead at the scene, while Naveed was injured and taken to hospital. He has since been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, and transferred to a New South Wales prison.

Credit: NSW Police

Court documents released by New South Wales police on Monday (22nd December) and obtained by the BBC reveal that videos from the weeks before the attack were found on the alleged shooters’ phones, showing they “meticulously” planned the attack for several months.

One of them, taken in October, shows the pair “conducting firearms training in a countryside location,” police said. They are seen “firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner”.

Another video from the same month shows them sitting in front of an Islamic State group (IS) flag while talking about their reasons for the attack. They speak about disapproving of “the acts of Zionists,” a movement in support of Jewish people and against antisemitism.

Credit: NSW Police

Naveed Akram is also “recorded appearing to recite, in Arabic, a passage from the Quran,” police said.

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CCTV footage from the evening of 12th December, two days before the shooting, also shows two men “believed to be the accused and his father” sitting in their car next to Bondi Beach.

“The accused and his father, S Akram, are seen to exit the vehicle and walk along the footbridge, being the same position where they attended two days later and shot at members of the public,” the court documents said. “Police allege that this is evidence of reconnaissance and planning of a terrorist act.”

The case has been adjourned until April 2026. Ahmed al Ahmed, the “hero” who wrestled a gun from a shooter’s hands, is still recovering in hospital.

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Featured image by: NSW Police